We Did Our Bit At Waterloo
It was the year of 1815
on Sunday the 16th of June.
Wellington and we British lads
arrived here in the afternoon.
Napoleon and his Frenchmen
were waiting for the ground to dry
before commencing with the battle,
and today looked like he’d try.
We stood across the Brussels road
and were ready to begin the day,
but the French had beaten us to it,
by eleven their guns were firing away.
For two hours solid we came under fire
and things weren’t looking that well,
until Colonel Colbourne gave the order
to stand up, fire back and give them hell.
The Garde Imperiale were the best,
but the 52nd repelled their attack.
We charged causing the French to flee
and we weren’t turning back.
The 52nd Light Infantry won the day
for England and Wellington,
and yet we hardly got a mention
when history was finally written.
poem by Orlando Belo
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